Washington, D.C.
9 statements across 9 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Oct 9, 2017 by Wendy Kopp · said 401 times in 136 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Guy Raz (230), Cathy Hughes (15), Justin McLeod (12), David Liu (12), Sarah LaFleur (6), Mei Xu (6), José Andrés (6), Jonathan Neman (6)
2026 21 mentions in 9 episodes 2 per episode
- Build-A-Bear: Maxine Clark. A Former Shoe Executive Launches a Stuffed Animal Empire
- Advice Line with Monica Nassif of Mrs. Meyer's
- Bobbie: Laura Modi. How a Baby Formula Startup Took Market Share From Two Industry Giants
- STARR Restaurants: Stephen Starr. How a Non-Foodie Built Thriving Restaurants on Gut Instinct
- iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon
- Serena & Lily: Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter. They Built a $20M Brand—Then One Investor Almost Destroyed It
- Shep and Ian Murray: Vineyard Vines. A Stale Product Transforms into a Lifestyle Brand.
- Vital Farms: Matt O’Hayer. How a serial entrepreneur re-branded the egg
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2026 →
2025 38 mentions in 14 episodes 3 per episode
- Pressbox and Tide Cleaners: Vijen Patel. The $1.99 Gamble That Built a National Brand
- SpotHero: Mark Lawrence
- Advice Line with Niraj Shah of Wayfair
- Advice Line with Justin McLeod of Hinge
- Advice Line with Jeni Britton of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
- Beyond Yoga: Michelle Wahler
- Advice Line with Stacy Madison of Stacy’s Pita Chips
- Torchy's Tacos: Mike Rypka
- 6 more episodes that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 15 mentions in 10 episodes 2 per episode
- Advice Line with Scott and Ally Svenson of MOD Pizza
- Advice Line: Growing Beyond Your Niche
- Advice Line with Jane Wurwand of Dermalogica
- Athletic Brewing Company: Bill Shufelt
- Groupon and Descript: Andrew Mason
- American Giant: Bayard Winthrop
- Advice Line with Mark Ramadan of Sir Kensington's
- Parachute Home: Ariel Kaye
- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2024 →
2023 38 mentions in 12 episodes 3 per episode
- Politico & Axios: Jim VandeHei
- CAVA: Ted Xenohristos and Brett Schulman
- HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole
- reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn (2020)
- When a robot cooks your lunch with Steve Ells of Chipotle and Kernel
- Yasso: Amanda Klane and Drew Harrington
- Air Lease Corporation: Steven Udvar-Hazy
- Kinko’s: Paul Orfalea
- 4 more episodes that year, every mention in 2023 →
2022 43 mentions in 11 episodes 4 per episode
- Bluemercury: Marla and Barry Beck
- Dang Foods: Vincent and Andrew Kitirattragarn
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Sam and Mariah Calagione
- Discovery Channel and Curiosity Stream: John Hendricks
- Telfar: Telfar Clemens and Babak Radboy
- M.M.LaFleur: Sarah LaFleur (2020)
- HOORAE: Issa Rae
- Rivian: RJ Scaringe
- 3 more episodes that year, every mention in 2022 →
2021 35 mentions in 17 episodes 2 per episode
- Hinge: Justin McLeod
- Meet The HIBT Fellows: Katie Mitchell & Celena Gill
- Logic: Logic & Chris Zarou (2018)
- Robert Reffkin: Compass
- How I Built Resilience: Bayard Winthrop of American Giant
- Merge Records: Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan
- Coinbase: Brian Armstrong
- Moderna and Flagship Pioneering: Noubar Afeyan
- 9 more episodes that year, every mention in 2021 →
2020 63 mentions in 18 episodes 4 per episode
- Sweetgreen: Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman
- How I Built Resilience: Live with Cathy Hughes
- How I Built Resilience: Live with José Andrés
- Famous Dave's: Dave Anderson
- Zocdoc: Oliver Kharraz
- M.M.LaFleur: Sarah LaFleur
- How I Built Resilience: Varshini Prakash of Sunrise Movement
- ClassPass: Payal Kadakia
- 10 more episodes that year, every mention in 2020 →
2019 46 mentions in 20 episodes 2 per episode
- The Knot: Carley Roney & David Liu (2018)
- Five Guys: Jerry Murrell (2019)
- Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu (2017)
- Framebridge: Susan Tynan (2017)
- JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
- Live Episode! Walker & Company: Tristan Walker
- Dyson: James Dyson (2018)
- EO Products: Susan Griffin-Black & Brad Black
- 12 more episodes that year, every mention in 2019 →
2018 25 mentions in 8 episodes 3 per episode
- The Knot: Carley Roney & David Liu
- Live Episode! New Belgium Brewing Company: Kim Jordan
- TRX: Randy Hetrick (2018)
- ActOne Group: Janice Bryant Howroyd
- Angie's List: Angie Hicks (2016)
- Panera Bread/Au Bon Pain: Ron Shaich
- Dell Computers: Michael Dell
- LinkedIn: Reid Hoffman
- every mention in 2018, scene by scene →
2017 55 mentions in 13 episodes 4 per episode
- Radio One: Cathy Hughes (2017)
- Live Episode! Black Entertainment Television: Robert Johnson
- Five Guys: Jerry Murrell
- Framebridge: Susan Tynan
- Live Episode! Reddit: Alexis Ohanian & Steve Huffman
- Chesapeake Bay Candle: Mei Xu
- AOL: Steve Case
- Barre3: Sadie Lincoln
- 5 more episodes that year, every mention in 2017 →